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To all whom 'it lIna/y concmn:

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WILLIAM MiL-LIKAN, 0F 'THQRNTOWM INDIANA,

Leners Patent No; 85,951, daad Janna/ry 19,1869.

ne schedule refexred to 'in thnenstrersfpmne and making parrot the unaBe it known that I, WILLIAM MILLIKAN, of Thornv town, in thecounty ofBoone, and State of Indiana,

have inventednew and useful Improvements in House'- Moving Trucks; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof,`

- as in directing the course of the building. 5

Figure lis a side elevation of two pairs of trucks, with the buildingmounted thereon, the upper portion of the latter being cutaway.

Figure 2 is a top view of the forward end ofthe building, showing themanner of connecting the guidepoIes ofthe trucks, and the arrangement ofthe draw' chains, by which the building is drawn forward.

Figure 3 is. a side elevation of one ofthe trucks.

Figure 4 is a top View .of the same. l

.A are the wheels, and B, the axles of the trucks.

A The front and rear axles are coupled together by the timber O, whichrests on the top of and is pivoted at its ends to the centre of bothaxles, and by the bar D, on *he under sideof fthe axles, pivoted at itsends y by the same bolts that constitute thepivots or coupling-pins ofthe timber O.

The front and rear axl are also connected by two bars, E E', thatare'pivot d t them, near the wheels, as shown in g. 4, and cross eachother under the centre of. timber C, that bar whose forward end isattached to the right hand ofthe front axle, being attached by its rearend to the lefthand end of the rear axle, and the bar'whose forward endis attached to the left-hand Yend of the ont axle, being attached -byits rear end to the right-hand end of the rearv axle.' f

F is the bolster, upon which'the building rests, and which is pivoted bya king-bolt to the centre of the couplngqtimber 0.

The object of constructing the trucks, and coupling their front and rear-axles as described,is,` that both axles may be affected simultaneouslyby the guideto direct the course of the building, so 'that-,the wheelslines drawn longitudinally through -the centre of each of the axleswould cross each other, and by which the building may be more' readilyturned at theangles of in the ordinary way.

Each truck is furnished with a guide-pole, G, as shown, and theguide-,poles of the several' pairs of by which each truck forminga'pair, is steered simultaneously-lin the same direction. l

` The building is drawn by means of a chain, I, that is attached by itsends tothe corners of the forward end of the building-and a chain, K,that extends to a capstan,'o1- other power. l The chain I runs through apulley-block, J, that is A attached to the end of chain K, so that thelatter may freely adjust itselftn the position of the building, land thedirection of the draught;v the effect of which arrangement, in.combination with the trucks constructed andcoupled for steering, asvdescribed, is to enable me to set the capstan, whenl necessary, in anyconvenient position 'to one side of the line, in the direction in whichthe building is to be moved, while the building is steered in the mostdirect course. i

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claimas new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

The trucks, constructed and coupled as herein described; and, incombination therewith, the manner of attaching the draw-chainsl K, allarranged and operating substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM MILLIKAN. Witnesses:

JOSEPH VANABSDEL, -`JAMES B. LPER RIN.

poles G, when these are turned tothe-right or left,

will be brought to the position to traverse a curve, forming part of acircle, ywhose centre is at a point where streets,oronA short curves,than with truckscoupled' trucks are connected together by acoupling-rod, H,

